Good Egg Productions wrote:
A single bare strobe positioned as far away from the model as possible and put the model close to the backdrop to create a hard, defined shadow against it.

But there's a really good reason I don't shoot bikini in a studio. It just looks out of place. Bikini deserves to be at a pool or a beach or outdoors somewhere.

I like bikini as much in the studio as outside, but then I am land locked except the Mississippi river.

Yen Studios wrote:

I like bikini as much in the studio as outside, but then I am land locked except the Mississippi river.

Is there a statewide ban on pools in your area?

Some people can do it well. I HAVE shot bikini in the studio, but with east coast beaches an hour away and gulf coast beaches 2 hours away, a thousand lakes, springs and 47 million pools here, I have few excuses to shoot a bikini indoors.

Good Egg Productions wrote:

Is there a statewide ban on pools in your area?

Some people can do it well. I HAVE shot bikini in the studio, but with east coast beaches an hour away and gulf coast beaches 2 hours away, a thousand lakes, springs and 47 million pools here, I have few excuses to shoot a bikini indoors.

I forget about swimming pools, I have one on my rooftop.  https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/30334592

Good Egg Productions wrote:
A single bare strobe positioned as far away from the model as possible and put the model close to the backdrop to create a hard, defined shadow against it.

But there's a really good reason I don't shoot bikini in a studio. It just looks out of place. Bikini deserves to be at a pool or a beach or outdoors somewhere.

This.

The only time I shoot swimsuit is near water of some sort.  Or if it's a unique concept where the deliberate intention is for the swimsuit to look out of place.

Besides, I think the issue isn't "poses."  A pose that works for that model would be true whether it's on the beach or in a studio.  Instead, I think it's concept.  For instance, put up blind or divider, add a few more clothes and a mirror and she's trying on bikini's in a dressing room.  Or put a tape measure around her waist, make her look elated, and she's checking to see if she lost weight before beach season. Otherwise it's just a cute chick in front of seamless white paper.

Ed

Good Egg Productions wrote:
A single bare strobe positioned as far away from the model as possible and put the model close to the backdrop to create a hard, defined shadow against it.

But there's a really good reason I don't shoot bikini in a studio. It just looks out of place. Bikini deserves to be at a pool or a beach or outdoors somewhere.

+1, a bikini is for around water, pools, lakes, ocean or washing cars. Indoor is more lingerie, now that you can shoot anywhere

Robert Helm wrote:
+1, a bikini is for around water, pools, lakes, ocean or washing cars. Indoor is more lingerie, now that you can shoot anywhere

There is no such rule. A bikini indoors is no less appropriate than lingerie is outdoors. There's an awful lot of pinup bikini work been done in a studio.

Besides, in the pacific NW, that would mean only shooting bikinis 3 months out of the year!

imcFOTO wrote:

There is no such rule. A bikini indoors is no less appropriate than lingerie is outdoors. There's an awful lot of pinup bikini work been done in a studio.

Besides, in the pacific NW, that would mean only shooting bikinis 3 months out of the year!

2 months in Chicago

Good Egg Productions wrote:
A single bare strobe positioned as far away from the model as possible and put the model close to the backdrop to create a hard, defined shadow against it.

But there's a really good reason I don't shoot bikini in a studio. It just looks out of place. Bikini deserves to be at a pool or a beach or outdoors somewhere.

+100

Good Egg Productions wrote:
Is there a statewide ban on pools in your area?

Some people can do it well. I HAVE shot bikini in the studio, but with east coast beaches an hour away and gulf coast beaches 2 hours away, a thousand lakes, springs and 47 million pools here, I have few excuses to shoot a bikini indoors.

I live in Canada so we have 2 summer months for shooting at the beach.  But I agree shooting bikini and swimwear at the beach is much better.  In studio looks out of place.

But if you have to shoot bikinis in studio, I like hi key on white background is the best way to go for me.

imcFOTO wrote:
There is no such rule. A bikini indoors is no less appropriate than lingerie is outdoors. There's an awful lot of pinup bikini work been done in a studio.

Besides, in the pacific NW, that would mean only shooting bikinis 3 months out of the year!

It is my rule

Lingerie is appropriate everywhere.
As for the NW, yes I guess so but still better than Alaska or parts of Canada. There are infared gas heaters you can use just out of frame, coats to let model warm up etc. Where there is a will there is a way. There are nudes in the snow shots here on MM. Weather is just one more variable to control/work with.

Not to mention there are indoor pools.

Photogenic Memories wrote:
I shoot bikinis indoors a lot. I see nothing wrong with it.

I never said there was anything wrong with it.

I take cues from the more successful manufacturer catalogs and magazines for direction of where to shoot what.  The VS catalog generally shoots their bikini line at a beach.  Ujena, PacSun, Billabong, Oneill, Quicksilver, etc... all of their catalog work is outside, by some water.   It's in context.  Shooting it in a studio just doesn't seem to fit.

I see what is being done in the industry and I choose to follow it.  If I ever look to put myself out there for actual work, taking pictures of a girl in a bikini in the kitchen isn't going to help me.  Or against a white wall. 

I happen to be fortunate enough to live in a place where there's a lot of options for shooting bikini 10 months out of the year (12 if she's not a wuss) and in a myriad of different places that are appropriate for the apparel.

Now, that's not to say that I HAVEN'T shot bikini in the studio, at a model's request, simply to have bikini shots for her agency.  But I don't consider that trying.  That's just documenting.

Photogenic Memories wrote:
I shoot bikinis indoors a lot. I see nothing wrong with it.

I don't either if all the outdoor water is frozen solid and the wind is blowing. Not a problem either if the model wants a great body shot for her port and is opposed for some reason to wearing comparable lingerie.
I just think it is not the natural element the bikini was intended for.
Would I shoot it under the circumstances I describe. Absolutely. Would it be in my port? Maybe if the model was beautiful with a bikini body and a perfect bikini for her figure.

K I S S P H O T O wrote:
Only done a couple so far, but im pretty simple with lighting, quite lazy so i rarely use more than 1 lol

This is the only one I've seen in this thread that works...